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#EarthDay2017 Are We Prepared for Overpopulation?

Timothy H. Dixon author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geosciences at the University of South Florida. In his new article he considers the future threat of over-population, the predictions that could have been and presents ideas for an optimistic move forward.

Timothy H. Dixon | 21 Apr 2017

The Myth of Violent Past

Siniša Malešević, author of The Rise of Organised Brutality, explores how organised violence is on the rise and why it has increased throughout the course of human history.

Siniša Malešević | 21 Apr 2017

Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Poetry

The recent death of Derek Walcott, the most famous postcolonial poet, has been an enormous loss to poetry lovers around the world. The elegiac ending to his long poem Omeros came to mind: “I sang of...

Jahan Ramazani | 20 Apr 2017

Computational Social Choice at a Glance

Over the last two decades, the computational social choice research community has grown from a handful of enthusiasts to hundreds of researchers, who have painted a beautiful picture of the interaction...

Jérôme Lang, Ulle Endriss, Ariel D. Procaccia, Vincent Conitzer, Felix Brandt | 18 Apr 2017

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Yeats and Modern Poetry

I wrote Yeats and Modern Poetry because I think that W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) did more than any other poet to create something we recognise as ‘modern poetry’. Without Yeats, there might not be a ‘poetry...

18 Apr 2017

Freud & Thinking the ‘Future’ Part 1

I recently contributed a short entry for Fueling Culture: 101 Words for Energy and Environment (2017) called “Future.”  In it I outline the task of thinking the future in light of the crisis of capitalism...

Todd Dufresne | 17 Apr 2017

The Consolidation Debate

The hippocampus binds information between different cortical regions during long-term memory. However, long-term memories may only depend on the hippocampus for a limited time. In the standard model of...

Scott D. Slotnick | 17 Apr 2017

How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest

Mark A. Zupan, author of Inside Job, discusses whether democracy - government by the people - can ensure government for the people.

Mark A. Zupan | 14 Apr 2017

Putting Out Fire With Gasoline!

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg, authors of Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction, explore how climate change now represents an existential crisis.

Christopher Wright, Daniel Nyberg | 13 Apr 2017

What is reality? – Why I’m Marching for Science on Earth Day

On April 22 we march across the globe to celebrate and affirm the reality of our senses, the truth of our observations, and the beauty of our complicated world.

Fred D. Singer | 12 Apr 2017

#EarthDay Can we still hope to meet a ‘Two Degree Scenario’

Frank Incropera, author of Climate Change : A Wicked Problem, discusses the agreements put into place after the UN COP21 in December 2015 and considers whether these agreements can still be truly realised.

Frank Incropera | 12 Apr 2017

Earth Day 2017 – Stay Educated #MarchForScience

Join Publishing Director Matt Lloyd in celebrating Earth Day, 'Stay Educated with Cambridge' and help to spread scientific knowledge on issues in ecology, the environment, policy and governance. Join in the discussion with #EarthDay and maybe join a #MarchForScience in your area.

Matt Lloyd | 12 Apr 2017